awm@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk (Aled Morris) (11/23/88)
Someone on this list recently asked about Minix support for some kind
of PC mouse. Before everyone rushes out to implement their own interface,
wouldn't it be good to establish some kind of standard interface for this
(and other?) devices?
For mice, I propose a character special file
/dev/mouse
from which mouse movements can be read. The exact format of the data I
leave open to discussion.
Doing things by design means that programs will be portable between the
various PC hardware configurations and the Atari ST too!
Aled Morris
systems programmer
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